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Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror.He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. While Alexander emerges as a c...

The historian Arrian of Nicomedia is generally regarded as the best extant source on the campaigns of Alexander the Great, as narrated in the ‘Anabasis of Alexander’. For the first time in publishing history, Arrian’s complete works are available for readers in a single collection. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete ex...

The Anabasis is by far the fullest surviving account of Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire. It is primarily a military history, reflecting the content of Arrian's model, Xenophon's Anabasis; the work begins with Alexander's accession to the Macedonian throne in 336 BC, and has nothing to say about Alexander's early life (in contrast, say, to Plutarch's Life of Alexander). Nor does Arrian aim to provide a complete history of the Greek-speaking world during Alexander's reign. Arrian'...

Arrian's history of Alexander the Great is our most complete and reliable account of the world's greatest conqueror. Writing in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century AD, Arrian was a Greek historian, philosopher, and military commander. For this work, also known as “The Anabasis of Alexander,” he had access to many sources which are now sadly lost. Thankfully for us, he cites them by name, weighs their truthfulness and motives, and records what he believes to be the most probable story o...

Considered by many to be the most important work on Alexander the Great, Arrian’s “The Campaigns of Alexander” or “The Anabasis of Alexander” is an accurate and thorough account of the Macedonian conqueror’s military exploits. Arrian of Nicomedia was a Roman historian, public figure, military commander, and well-acclaimed philosopher of the 2nd century. As a youth, he studied under Epictetus, and later strove in his literary works to emulate the great soldier-historian, Xenophon. Written i...

According to Wikipedia: "Arrian of Nicomedia (c. AD c. 86 c. 160) was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander and philosopher of the Roman period. The Anabasis of Alexander is perhaps his best-known work, and is generally considered one of the best sources on the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Its title and style are designed to evoke the Anabasis by Xenophon, for which reason Arrian became known by the surname Xenophon after the older author. Arrian's other works include ...

Arrian's "The Anabasis of Alexander" serves as a masterful chronicle of Alexander the Great's campaigns, drawing upon a wealth of primary sources, including the accounts of contemporaries like Pseudo-Skylax and those who accompanied Alexander, such as the historian Callisthenes. Written in the second century AD, Arrian's narrative exhibits a meticulous attention to detail and a compelling literary style that blends historical rigor with vivid storytelling, transporting readers into the hea...

The Anabasis of Alexander was composed by Arrian of Nicomedia in the second century AD, most probably during the reign of Hadrian. The Anabasis (which survives complete in seven books) is a history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great, specifically his conquest of the Persian Empire between 336 and 323 BC.Both the unusual title "Anabasis" (literally "a journey up-country from the sea") and the work's seven-book structure reflect ...

This learned work opens as both a translation and a defense of Arrian's Cynegeticus, a classical treatise on hare-coursing and the greyhound written for devoted sportsmen. It gathers Greek and Roman references, practical notes, and historical commentary to trace the noble Celtic hound from antiquity through late Roman writers such as Gratius, Ovid, Martial, Pollux, Oppian, and Nemesian, then forward through the sparse medieval and Renaissance literature that followed. Along the way, it sur...

The History of Ancient Greece: 20 Essential Books assembles a capacious library of Greek antiquity, joining epic, inquiry, political narrative, geography, biography, mythography, and modern historical interpretation. Its range extends from the imaginative horizons of heroic legend to the contested evidence of war, civic life, athletic culture, and imperial expansion. Foundational accounts of the Persian and Peloponnesian conflicts stand beside reflections on Alexander's world, ancient cust...

Spanning archaic Greece to the late Roman Empire and its modern interpretation, History of Ancient Greece and Roman Empire: 24 Essential Books gathers historiography, memoir, biography, geography, and political analysis into a capacious record of Mediterranean antiquity. Military narrative, constitutional inquiry, ethnographic observation, imperial chronicle, and moral portraiture coexist, allowing landmark accounts of the Persian Wars, Peloponnesian conflict, Roman expansion, and imperial...

The Anabasis of Alexander (also known as The Campaigns of Alexander) is a historical work written by the ancient Greek historian and philosopher Arrian (Lucius Flavius Arrianus), who lived in the 2nd century CE. The work is a narrative account of the life and military campaigns of Alexander the Great, the legendary king of Macedonia, and one of history's most famous military leaders. Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander is considered one of the most important sources for understanding Alexander'...